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Definition: Knot |
KnotNoun1. A tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon". 2. Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object. 3. A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot". 4. Something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots". 5. A unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters. 6. Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design. 7. Sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere. Verb1. Make into knots; make knots out of. 2. Tie or fasten into a knot. 3. Tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "knot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A nautical mile per hour, 1.1508 statute miles per hour. (references) |
Computing | In multiprogramming:a condition in which two or more processes are waiting indefinitely for events that will quite probably never occur. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Unit of speed for navigation. The nautical mile is 1852m. 1 Knot = 0. 5144 m/s = 1 nautical mile/hour. Source: European Union. (references) |
| He tolerated with only the occasional flick of his tail when I became insistent about the small -- on his hindquarters. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | A small fibre cluster resulting from an incomplete defibration of the fibre material or consisting of fibres which have become entangled in each other. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Nodular glassy inclusion often having an attenuated tail. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Knot (Latin nodus, French naeud, Danish knude, Dutch knot, Anglo-Saxon cnotta, allied to knit.) He has tied a knot with his tongue he cannot untie with his teeth. He has got married. He has tied the marriage knot by saying, "I take thee for my wedded wife," etc., but the knot is not to be untied so easily. The Gordian knot. (See Gordian.) The marriage knot. (See Marriage.) The ship went six or seven knots an hour. Miles. The log-line is divided into lengths by knots, each length is the same proportion of a nautical mile as half a minute is of an hour. The log-line being east over, note is taken of the number of knots run out in half a minute, and this number shows the rate per hour. The length of a knot is 47'33 feet when used with a 28-second glass, but 50'75 feet when the glass runs 30 seconds. True lovers' knot. Sir Thomas Browne thinks the knot owes its origin to the nodus Herculanus, a snaky complication in the caduceus or rod of Mercury, in which form the woollen girdle of the Greek brides was fastened. To seek for a knot in a rush. Seeking for something that does not exist. Not a very wise phrase, seeing there are jointed rushes, probably not known when the proverb was first current. The Juncus acutiflorus, the Juncus lampocarpus, the Juncus obtusiflorus, and the Juncus polycephalus, are all jointed rushes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A small concretion; e.g., of galena in sandstone, or a segregation ofdarker minerals in granite and gneiss. (references) |
Science | Unit of speed of one nautical mile (6,076.1 feet) an hour. (references) |
Shipping | One nautical mile (6,076 feet or 1852 meters) per hour. In the days of sail, speed was measured by tossing overboard a log which was secured by a line. Knots were tied into the line at intervals of approximately six feet. The number of knots measured was then compared against time required to travel the distance of 1000 knots in the line. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | KNOT. A crew, gang, or fraternity. He has tied a knot with his tongue, that he cannot untie with his teeth: i.e. he is married. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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A knot is a method for fastening or securing linear material such as rope by tying or interweaving. It may consist of a length of one or more segments of rope, cord, webbing, twine, string, strap or even chain interwoven so as to create in the line the ability to bind to itself or to some other object - the "load". Some knots are well adapted to bind to particular objects such as another rope, cleat, ring, stake or to constrict an object. Decorative knots usually bind to themselves to produce attractive patterns.
For a list of knots (approx. 300) see: List of knots.
Knots have been the subject of interest both for their ancient origins, common use or their mathematical implications, see knot theory.
Knots are essential in many industrial, work, home or recreational activities. Even simple activities such as running a load from the hardware store to home can result in disaster if a clumsy twist in a cord passes for a knot. Truckers needing to tie down a load may use a Trucker's hitch, gaining a 2-to-1 mechanical advantage. Knots can save the spelunker from foolishly becoming buried under millions of tons of rock. Whatever the activity, on the water sailing or on a cliff-side rock climbing, learning well tested knots prior to some hazardous activity introduces a critical measure of safety. In addition to safety, appropriate knots can prevent the necessity of cutting lines.
The list of knots is extensive but there are some general properties common to the various knot categories. For example, loop knots share the attribute of having some kind of an anchor point constructed on the standing end (such as a loop or overhand knot) into which the working end is easily hitched to using a round turn). An example of this is the bowline. Constricting knots often rely on friction to cinch down tight on loose bundles. An example would be the clove hitch.
Some useful terms pertinent to the making of knots: ;standing end :The end of the rope not involved in making the knot, often shown as unfinished. ;standing part :Section of line between knot and the standing end. ;working end :The active end of a line used in making the knot. ;working part :Section of line between knot and the working end. ; bitter end :More a ropeworker's term than a knot term, the reference is to the end of a rope that is tied off, hence the expression "to the bitter end". A bitt is a metal block with a crosspin used for tying lines to, found on docks. ;bight:The center part of a length of rope, string, or yarn (c.f., knitting and knitting needle) as opposed to the ends. The definition changes depending on whether the definite or indefinite article is used
;loop:A full circle formed by passing the working end over itself. ;elbow:Two crossing points created by an extra twist in a loop.
- "The bight" is any portion of the rope, string, or yarn between its two ends.
- "A bight" is a U-shaped loop used in making a knot or stitch. Many knots, such as the bowline can be tied in either the end or the bight.
Knots may span multiple categories:
;bend:A knot uniting two lines, or two parts of the same line, usually at the end of each line, list of bend knots. ;binding:A knot that restricts object(s) by making multiple winds, list of binding knots. ;coil:Knots used tie up lines for storage, list of coil knots. ;decorative:A complex knot exhibiting repeating patterns often constructed around and enhancing an object, list of decrorative knots ;hitch:A knot tied to a post, cable, ring, or spar, list of hitch knots. ;lashing:A knot used to hold (usually) poles together, list of lashing knots ;loop:A knot used to create a closed circle in a line, list of loop knots. ;noose:Knot tied with a hitch around one of its parts, contrasted. with a loop, which is closed with a bend. A noose can be closed, a loop remains the same size, list of noose knots. ;plait:A number of lines interwoven in a simple regular pattern, list of plait knots. ;seizing:A knot used to hold two lines or two parts of the same line together, list of seizing knots. ;sennit:A number of lines interwoven in a complex pattern, list of sennit knots. ;stopper:A knot tied to hold a line through a hole, list of stopper knots. ;whipping:A binding knot used to prevent another line from fray, list of whipping knots.
Some knots have multiple names. For example the overhand knot is also known as the thumb knot. The figure-of-eight knot is also known as the savoy knot or the flemish knot. All three are the same knot.
Useful references:
The Ashley Book of Knots
Ashley, Clifford W.
Clifford W. Ashley
Faber and Faber,London & Boston.
ISBN 0-385-04025-3All The Knots You Need
R.S. Lee
Algrove Publishing
ISBN 0-921335-47-4Knots & Splices
Cyrus L. Day
International Marine/McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 0-87742-252-4The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots & Ropework
Geoffrey Budworth
Prospero Books, a division of Chapters Inc.
Annes Publishing Limited 1999
ISBN 1-55267-986-1The Klutz Book of Knots
John Cassidy
Klutz Press, Palo Alto, California 1985
ISBN 0-932592-10-4'''Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices
Des Pawson
Produced for Propsero Books by RPC Publishing Ltd., London 2001
ISBN 1-55267-218-2Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knot."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Knot has several valid meanings, including:
- A knot is a fastening or securing of rope, or a similar material.
- In mathematical knot theory, a knot is an embedding of a circle in 3-D space — an abstract representation of knot in the sense cited above.
- A red knot or knot is a bird, a migratory sandpiper.
- A shoulder knot is a decorative braid or ribbon, worn on the shoulder.
- In gardening a knot is an elaborate interlace of tightly-clipped low hedging, often of contrasting leaf color or textures, typical of a knot garden or a bed in a parterre.
- A top knot is a large tuft of hair (or ribbons) on a person's head
- A knot is a type of join, as in a marriage.
- A knot is a tight cluster or group.
- A knot is a protuberant growth or swelling, i.e. a growth in a gland, or a hard nodule in a tree or lumber.
- In navigation, a knot is a unit of speed.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knot (disambiguation)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In knot theory, a knot is an embedding of a circle in 3-D space, considered up to deformations (isotopies). This is basically equivalent to a conventional knot with the ends of the string joined together to prevent it from becoming undone. In higher dimensions, circles are unknotted anyway, so one considers embeddings of spheres and hyperspheres, always in codimension 2.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knot (mathematical)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In navigation, a knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.852 km/h or 0.514 m/s.
In many sailing ships, speed was measured by casting the log from the stern. The log was relatively immobile, and attached by line to a reel. Knots placed at a distance of 47 feet 3 inches passed through a sailor's fingers, while another used a 28-second sandglass to time the operation. The knot count would be reported and used in the sailing master's dead reckoning and navigation.
Ship speeds are usually reported in knots to this day.
See also: Conversion Calculator for Units of SPEED
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knot (nautical)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Knot theory is a branch of topology that was inspired by observations, as the name suggests, of knots. But progress in the field no longer depends on experiments with twine. Knot theory concerns itself with abstract properties of theoretical knots--the spatial arrangements that in principle could be assumed by a loop of string. In mathematical jargon, these are embeddings of the closed circle in three dimensional space.Knot theory originated in an idea of Lord Kelvin's, that atoms were knots of swirling vortices in the æther, and that an understanding and classification of all possible knots would explain why atoms absorb and emit light at only the discrete wavelengths that they do (i.e. explain what we now understand to depend on quantum energy levels). The vortex theory died, but knot theory has grown into a subject with wide and often unexpected applications, for example to theories of particle physics, DNA replication and recombination, and to areas of statistical mechanics.
An introduction to knot theory
Given a one dimensional line, wrap it around itself arbitrarily, and then fuse its two free ends together to form a closed loop. One of the biggest unresolved problems in knot theory is to describe the different ways in which this may be done, or conversely to decide whether two such embeddings are different or the same.
Before we can do this, we must decide what it means for embeddings to be "the same". We consider two embeddings of a loop to be the same if we can get from one to the other by a series of slides and distortions of the string which do not tear it, and do not pass one segment of string through another. If no such sequence of moves exists, the embeddings are different knots.
A useful way to visualise knots and the allowed moves on them is to project the knot onto a plane - think of the knot casting a shadow on the wall. Now we can draw and manipulate pictures, instead of having to think in 3D. However, there is one more thing we must do - at each crossing we must indicate which section is "over" and which is "under". This is to prevent us from pushing one piece of string through another, which is against the rules. To avoid ambiguity, we must avoid having three arcs cross at the same crossing and also having two arcs meet without actually crossing (we would say that the knot is in general position with respect to the plane). Fortunately a small perturbation in either the original knot or the position of the plane is all that is needed to ensure this.
{Note: This will be a lot easier to follow when there are some diagrams here!}
Reidemeister moves
In 1927, working with this diagrammatic form of knots, Kurt Reidemeister demonstrated that all the allowable moves on a knot could be reduced to three kinds of move on the diagram, shown left. These operations, now called the Reidemeister moves, are:I. Twist and untwist in either direction.
II. Move one loop completely over another.
III. Move a string completely over or under a crossing.Reidemeister was the first to mathematically demonstrate that knots really exist - that is, that there really are knots that are not equivalent to the unknot. He did this by inventing the first knot invariant, demonstrating a property of a knot diagram which is not changed when we apply any of the Reidemeister moves.
- See also
- Intro to Knot invariants
- Braid theory
- topoisomerase
- DNA topology
- linking number
- Still to come:
- Gauß diagrams[1]
- Signed Graph representation of knots
- History of knot theory, including resurgence since Jones polynomial
- Maybe try to explain Witten's connection between knots and quantum gravity!
Further reading
Other resources
- Software for Viewing Knots (Freeware)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knot theory."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| kn | English | Knot | Meteorology & Standards |
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Synonyms: KnotSynonyms: air mile (n), burl (n), gnarl (n), grayback (n), international nautical mile (n), mi (n), mile (n), naut mi (n), nautical mile (n), slub (n), ravel (v), tangle (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: deadlocked (computing). |
| Antonym: unravel (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assemblage | Crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host;crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host; (multitude); populousness. |
Complexity | Noun: complexity; complexness; Adjective: complexus; complication, implication; intricacy, intrication; perplexity; network, labyrinth; wilderness, jungle; involution, raveling, entanglement; coil; (convolution); sleave, tangled skein, knot, Gordian knot, wheels within wheels; kink, gnarl, knarl; webwork. |
Connection | Fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim; suspenders. |
Crossing | Mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill; tangle, entangle, ravel; net, knot; dishevel, raddle. |
Cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot; entangle; (disorder). | |
Density | Solid body, mass, block, knot, lump; concretion, concrete, conglomerate; cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum; bone, gristle, cartilage; casein, crassamentum; legumin. |
Difficulty | Dilemma, embarrassment; deadlock; perplexity; (uncertainty); intricacy; entanglement, complexity; cross fire; awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus, net, meshes, maze; coil; (convolution); crooked path; involvement. |
Hindrance | Impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil. |
Ornament | Tassel, knot; shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Me an' the old lady are gonna pick up the pieces and retie the knot, mixaphorically speaking (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) Well, what the hell kind of a knot was that (Jaws; writing credit: Peter Benchley; Carl Gottlieb) Yeah, loosen the knot and let me go. (The Mummy; writing credit: Stephen Sommers; Lloyd Fonvielle) | |
Lyrics | Let my hands slip a knot (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hangman's Knot (1952) A Tale That Is Knot (1916) The Double Knot (1913) A Knot in the Plot (1910) Panoramic View of Mt. Tamalpais Between Bow Knot and McKinley Cut (1902) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Simulated 10.8 knot current as buoy streamed from bow of test vessel Buoy design for Roberts Radio Current Meter Tests conducted on LESTER JONES. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Current buoy near Tacoma - at least a 5 knot current streaming by. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | TIROS-N view of Hurricane Diana churning off North Carolina coast. The storm had mercifully weakened to a Category II status at this time with 95 knot maximum sustained winds. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Crew members F. Petry (left) and W.M. Langridge (in gun) pose at the breech of one of the ship's 13"/35 guns, 1903. Note the "A" with figure "8" knot on Petry's shirt. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Forward turret crew Gunner's Mates pose by the breech of one of the ship's 13"/35 guns, 1903. Note the ex-Apprentice marks (figure "8" knot badges) worn by two of these men. Credit: NAVY. |  | Two Chief Petty Officers enjoy a game of "Acey-Deucy" on deck, circa 1904-06. The man at left wears an Ex-Apprentice's "figure-eight knot" badge on his right sleeve. Note coiled fire hose and sewing machine in the background. Credit: NAVY. |
 | A difficult task : here, Woodrow, I want you to see if you can't untie this gordian knot!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Our own Gordian knot. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New York. Knot tying class. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Proctor Knot. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Burr Knot in Tree" by Matthew Maaskant Commentary: "A burr knot in a tree trunk. Visit http://www.qr5.com ." |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt | When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. |
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John Locke | 1690 | They, who remove, or change the legislative, take away this decisive power, which no body can have, but by the appointment and consent of the people; and so destroying the authority which the people did, and no body else can set up, and introducing a power which the people hath not authorized, they actually introduce a state of war, which is that of force without authority: and thus, by removing the legislative established by the society, (in whose decisions the people acquiesced and united, as to that of their own will) they untie the knot, and expose the people anew to the state of war, And if those, who by force take away the legislative, are rebels, the legislators themselves, as has been shewn, can be no less esteemed so; when they, who were set up for the protection, and preservation of the people, their liberties and properties, shall by force invade and endeavour to take them away; and so they putting themselves into a state of war with those who made them the protectors and guardians of their peace, are properly, and with the greatest aggravation, rebellantes, rebels. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Double Acrostic: I sing a place | Carroll, Lewis | Nor can I break the silken knot That binds my memory to the spot And friends too dear to be forgot |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hougomont yielding, La Haie Sainte taken, there was but one knot left, the centre |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She was still watching his slight figure when Ma came back, clean and pink, her hair combed and wet, and gathered in a knot. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. |
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| "Knot" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.61% of the time. "Knot" is used about 678 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.61% | 655 | 9,994 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.5% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.59% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 678 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "knot". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Cnut | Male | N/A | A knot |
| Anab | N/A | Biblical | A knot |
| Knud | Male | Danish | A knot |
| Canute | Male | English | A knot |
| Knute | Male | Norwegian | A knot |
| Knut | Male | Scandinavian | A knot |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | The Knot, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "knot": adhering knot ♦ barrel knot ♦ black knot ♦ black ringed knot ♦ blood knot ♦ bowline knot ♦ branch knot ♦ branched knot ♦ Clytie knot ♦ Cuckold's knot ♦ cut the gordian knot ♦ cut the knot ♦ dead knot ♦ dry knot ♦ encased knot ♦ enclosed knot ♦ fishermans knot ♦ fisherman's knot ♦ flat knot ♦ french knot ♦ ghiordes knot ♦ gordian knot ♦ grannie knot ♦ granny knot ♦ Granny's knot ♦ horn knot ♦ intergrown knot ♦ Josephine knot ♦ knot again ♦ knot convolution ♦ knot cut ♦ knot grass ♦ knot hole ♦ knot together ♦ knot up ♦ live knot ♦ loop knot ♦ love knot ♦ lover's knot ♦ Matthew Walker knot ♦ milk knot ♦ nuptial knot ♦ occluded knot ♦ overhand knot ♦ partially adhering knot ♦ partially intergrown knot ♦ pin knot ♦ Pine Knot ♦ prolonge knot ♦ reef knot ♦ rose knot ♦ running knot ♦ sailor's knot ♦ shoulder knot ♦ singer's knot ♦ single knot ♦ slash knot ♦ slip knot ♦ spike knot ♦ splay knot ♦ square knot ♦ stopper knot ♦ stringy knot ♦ surgeon's knot ♦ sword knot ♦ the Gordian knot ♦ thumb knot ♦ tie the knot ♦ tight knot ♦ To crown a knot ♦ to cut the Gordian knot ♦ To cut the knot ♦ true lover's knot ♦ truelove knot ♦ Turkish knot ♦ undo a knot ♦ Wale knot ♦ wall knot ♦ weaver's knot ♦ Windsor knot. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "knot": knot-count, knot-county, knot-eyes, knot-free, knot-garden, knot-hole, knot-holes, knot-like, knot-strength, knot-to-knot, knot-tying, knot-weed. | |
Ending with "knot": love-knot, top-knot. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
slip knot | 11,791 | slip knot photo | 84 |
the knot | 6,075 | slip knot poster | 77 |
slip knot lyrics | 685 | tie windsor knot | 75 |
picture of slip knot | 611 | slip knot tab | 69 |
celtic knot | 359 | knot news slip | 67 |
slip knot pic | 337 | the knot com | 65 |
tying the knot | 263 | slip knot logo | 60 |
slip knot unmasked | 262 | trinity knot | 58 |
slip knot mask | 241 | buddy icon knot slip | 51 |
gordian knot | 225 | slip knot mp3 | 50 |
tie the knot | 198 | celtic love knot | 48 |
knot slip wallpaper | 160 | knot tieing | 48 |
slip knot the band | 156 | knot palomar | 47 |
windsor knot | 145 | knot skill tying | 47 |
dog knot | 144 | slip knot the music | 43 |
cookie italian knot | 137 | garden knot | 42 |
tattoo celtic knot | 136 | celtic knot meaning symbol | 42 |
knot wedding | 131 | bowline knot | 39 |
slip knot video | 111 | celtic knot jewelry | 39 |
celtic knot design | 91 | slip knot wait and bleed lyrics | 38 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "knot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | knoop (button, node). (various references) | |
Albanian | komb (nation, race), vështirësi (difficulty, embarrassment, hardness, hitch, hurdle, quandary, rub, scrape), problem (affair, business, concern, issue, problem, proposition, question), nyjë (article, articulation, bend, center, hinge, hitch, hub, joint, knuckle, knuckle joint, knurl, node, nodular, nodus), nyell (ankle, knuckle), ngatërrohem (horn in, interlope, mix, thicken), lidhje (affinity, alliance, bandage, bearing, binding, bond, bracer, bracing, catena, communication, confederate, confederation, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, cord, coupling, dressing, federation, join, joining, joint, league, ligament, ligature, link, link up, linkage, nexus, rapport, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect, seam, signalling, tap, tie, tie up, truss, tying), lidh nyjë, gungë (boss, bump, gibbosity, hummock, hump, hunch, knob, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nub, overgrowth, promontory, protuberance, swell, swelling, tuber, tubercle, tumefaction), gdhë (bonehead, chump, dolt, duffer, dunce, dunderhead, knur, knurr, muggins, sang, wooden, yokel), fjongo (bow, ribbon), aleancë (alliance, cartel, confederate). (various references) | |
Arabic | ميل بحري (sea mile), حكم وثاق, تزوج (espouse, get married, hitch, join, marry, marry off, stand up, take the plunge, wed), زمرة (clan, clique, coterie, faction, group, pack, party, squad), عقدة فى الخشب, عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), العقدة مقيلس الميل البحرى, الدريجة طائر, رباط (band, bind, bond, cord, couple, juncture, ligament, ligation, ligature, swathe, truss), درينة (tubercle). (various references) | |
Basque | txori (bird). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | куп (accumulation, agglomeration, amassment, bunch, bundle, clamp, cluster, congeries, crop, crowd, cumulation, cumulus, heap, hoard, huddle, lashings, lump, mass, mint, mound, mountain, pack, parcel, pile, raft, ruck, scad, shoal, sight, slathers, stack, tumble), интрига (cabal, intrigue, machination, maneuver, manoeuvre, plot, scheme), исландски брегобегач, правя ресни, завръзка, нарастък (excrescence, tuber, tubercle), връзвам на възел, връзки (intercourse, neckwear, relations, ties, truck), възел (joint, junction, meeting, node, unit), израстък (appendage, appendix, excrescence, growth, intumescence, knurl, nub, outgrowth, process, shoot, sucker, verruca), кок (bun), ставам на възли, шупла (hole, nipple, pipe, piping, pore), трудност (ado, crux, difficulty, hardness, hardship, hurdle, involvement, nicety, rough, severity, stumbling block, toughness), фльонга, чеп (bung, burr, fauces, knag, knar, knur, knurl, nodule, Nodus, nub, peg, plug, spigot, spile, tap, toggle), свивам (bend, constrict, contract, convulse, cop, double, double up, draw, knap, knit, knit together, neck, pinch, pucker, roll, screw, screw up, set, shorten, snitch, swing, turn, turn down, twist, wad, warp, work), свързвам (ally, articulate, associate, bandage, bond, brace, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, lash, link, marry, mate, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, run on, truss, weld), уплитам (enmesh, entangle), усложнение (complication, difficulty, embroilment, involvement, ramification), група (assortment, band, bandwagon, batch, body, category, clan, cluster, cohort, crowd, gang, group, party, series, set, society, squad, stirps, suite, troop). (various references) | |
Chinese | 疙瘩 , 纇 (flaw), 纈 (tie a knot), 締 (closely joined, connection), 結 (bond, sturdy, to bear, to bind, to tie), 结 (node), 紇 (tassels). (various references) | |
Czech | zavázat na uzel, uzel (bend, bundle, clove hitch, junction, knur, knurl, node), suk (knag), smyèka (kink, loop, noose, sling), skupinka (cluster), hlouèek (gathering), háèek (catch, crochet hook, fastening, hiccup, hitch, hook), chomáè (bunch, clump, cluster, fasciculus, tuft). (various references) | |
Danish | knude (node). (various references) | |
Dutch | knopen (nodes), knoop (button, joint, node), knoest (node), een knoop leggen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | nodo (node), nodi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | kvistur (node), knútur (node). (various references) | |
Farsi | معادل 01/6706فوت درساعت , مشکل (Difficult, Hard, Ill, Problem, Uphill), چیزسفت یاغلنبه , گیرانداختن (Circumvent, Entangle, Involve, Mesh), گره زدن (Knit, Loop, Ruffle, Tie, Truss, Twitch), گره خوردن (Snarl), گره دریاءی , گره (Burr, Ganglion, Knob, Loop, Lump, Parcel, Snag, Snarl, Tie), واحدسرعت دریاءی منگوله دارکردن , غده (Gland, Tumor, Wen), عقده , دژپیه , بهم پیوستن (Bind, Clobber, Concrete, Graft, Incorporate, Interlock, Knit, Link, Pan, Seam), برکمدگی . (various references) | |
Finnish | solmu (node). (various references) | |
French | nouer (to knot), noeud, nœud (knob, knurl). (various references) | |
German | knoten (bun, burl, hitch, kink, kinks, knop, knurl, knurls, lump, nodal, node, nodes, plot, snarl, to kink, to knot, tophus, tuber), knorren (Burl, burr, gnarl, snag), knüpfen (attach, form, mesh, strike up, tie). (various references) | |
Greek | κόμβος (roundabout), ρόζος (butt), δένω (bind, fasten, lash, leash, strap on, thicken, tie, tie up, truss). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משלבת (monogram), לאגוד (bind, combine, tie, unit), קשר (bond, communication, connection, converse, liaison, link, linkage, linking, loop, nexus, node, noose, relation, relationship, tie), עניבה (cravat, loop, necktie, noose, tie), חליץ, אגד (bunch, bundle, cluster, group, tie), כפת, צרור (bundle, package, parcel, tie, truss, wreath), סיקוס (grain, knag, knar, node). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bütyök (Bunion, cam, gnarl, joint, knob, knobble, knur, knurl, knurr, lobe, nipple, node, snag, tappet, teeth, tooth), nehézség (balk, crux, difficulty, hardness, hardship, hitch, inconvenience, ponderosity, ponderousness, puzzle, snag, stress, stumbling block, stumbling-block, traverse), hurok (bight, bow, halter, hitch, kink, lobe, loop, noose, sling, slip knot, snare, snarl, springe), görcs (catalepsy, convulsion, cramp, Crick, fit, gnarl, joint, kink, spasm, wart), göb, csomó (batch, bed, bunch, bundle, clod, clot, clump, cluster, gnarl, hitch, kink, knag, knar, knob, node, nodule, nub, nugget, parcel, Peck, pile, snag, snarl, snick, tie, tuft, wart), bonyodalom (complication, intrigue, involvement, node, Nodus, Ravel, snarl, story, tangle, tangled skein), bog (mice, mouse, prong, snag, swirl), 1 tengeri mérföld óránként. (various references) | |
Icelandic | hnútur (node), hnýta. (various references) | |
Indonesian | simpul (node), mil laut, ikatan (bond, league, loop, society, tie, union), gundal (notch), bundelan, buhul. (various references) | |
Italian | nodo (bond, Burl, crux, gnarl, heart, hitch, junction, kink, knob, knurl, loop, node, tangle, tie). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 繋ぎ目 (joint), 結節 (nodule, tubercule), 結び目 , 結び目 , 縄目 , 節 (joint, knob, knuckle, melody, nautical mile per hour, node, occasion, point, section, time, tone, tune), ノイマン型 (christmas, fungo, Hague, heart, Hercules, hook, knob, knock, knockdown, knocker, knocking, knock-on, knockout, know, know-how, knowledge, nautical mile per hour, Neumann-type, neuron, neurosis, no, noctovision, nocturne, nominal, nominal price, nominate, nomination, nomogram, nomograph, non career, non cling, non store retailing, non troppo, non-attachment disease, nonbank banking, nonbook, nonchalant, non-conforming design, nonfiction, nonius, nonpolitical, non-professional, nonrun, non-sectarian, nonsense, nonslip, nonstop, non-terminal, nontitle match, non-verbal, non-verbal communication, Noraism, Nordic, Norma, Normandy, Norway, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostalgie, notation, notch, notchback, notch-filter, nova, Nova Scotia, novel, novelty, nozzle, number, swastika, unaffiliated, vernier calipers, vernier micrometer). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ノット (mat, nautical mile per hour), なわめ, ぶし (knob, point, samurai, tone, tune, warrior), のっと (nautical mile per hour, Shinto ritual prayer), つなぎめ (a joint, a link, joint, tie-together point), むすびめ, けっせつ (nodule, tubercule). (various references) | |
Korean | 매듭. (various references) | |
Manx | sniemmey (affix, alligation, anchylosis, joining, knit, knotting, noose, tie; knitting, tying), sniem (bow knot, snare), mooir-veeiley, knot, cur cront er, crontal, cront (dilemma, fix, predicament). (various references) | |
Norwegian | knute (knob), knop, klynge (cluster, huddle). (various references) | |
Occitan | nos. (various references) | |
Papiamen | konopá, kònòpi (bud, button, fist, node). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otknay.(various references) | |
Polish | wiązać (bind, connect, join, tie, tie up), węzeł (node). (various references) | |
Portuguese | nó (bend, burl, joint, kink, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nodosity, nodus, tie, tying), laço (bond, cufflink, decoy, decoy-duck, fillet, lace, lariat, lasso, link, loop, mantrap, mesh, rope, shoe-lace, snare, snood, springe, tie, trap, tying, yoke). (various references) | |
Romanian | înnoda (loop, piece out, tie). (various references) | |
Russian | сучок (gnarl, snag), сук (arm, bough, knag, knur), узел (bundle, fardel, hitch, hub, joint, junction, kink, knar, knur, knurl, node, nodes, pack, tie, tubercle, unit), свиль (knag), главный вопрос, затруднение (crux, cumber, difficulty, embarrassment, perplexity, quandary, rub, scrape, tickler), загвоздка (sticking point), завязывать узел, завязывать узлом/ узел, завязывать узлом, бант (bow, bowknot, favour). (various references) | |
Scottish | snaim (a knot, a tie, stitch). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kvrga (callus, knurl, snag, tubercle), vezati (associate, attach, band, bind, confine, connect, couple, lace, lash, link, moor, tie), izraslina (excrescence, growth, knob, lump, node, nodule, wen), čvor (bend, hub, junction, knob, nautical mile, node, nodus). (various references) | |
Spanish | nudo (bend, center, centre, french knot, gnarl, joint, node). (various references) | |
Swedish | knut (bun, corner, junction, kink, node, nods, Nodus, point, running knot), knop (bend). (various references) | |
Tagalog | buhól (node). (various references) | |
Thai | เงื่อนงำ (mystery), นอต, ผูกเงื่อน, ทำเรื่องยุ่ง, กระจุก, ปม. (various references) | |
Turkish | boğum (articulation, knob, knuckle, nodal, node). (various references) | |
Turkmen | syrma (noose), dьwmek, зitim (connection). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шнурок (braid, lace, pull, shoelace, twine, twist), вузол (bale, node, snarl, tie, twist), моток (hank, skein), зав'язуватися (tie), зав'язувати вузол. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nút (kink, node), hải lý (sea mile), cụm (bunch, cluster, colony, flock), biển (bathe, bather, water), điểm trung tâm, đầu mấu (gnarl, knur, knurr), đốt (node, segment). (various references) | |
Welsh | cylymu (tie), cwgn (joing, knuckle), clymu (tie), clwm (tie). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | keda, sig-bar-ra. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Calidris canutus, nodare, nodus, RM:rivarel grisch. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | gruppo. (various references) |
| Old Provenal | 900-1500 | nous. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "knot": knotgrass, knotgrasses, knothole, knotholes, knotless, knotlike, knots, knotted, knotter, knotters, knottier, knottiest, knottily, knottiness, knottinesses, knotting, knottings, knotty, knotweed, knotweeds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "knot": beknot, bowknot, slipknot, topknot, unknot. (additional references) | |
Words containing "knot": banknote, banknotes, beknots, beknotted, beknotting, bowknots, pyknotic, slipknots, topknots, unknots, unknotted, unknotting. (additional references) | |
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"Knot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anot, cnut, enot, Enott, gnot, hnot, Ikot, Jnto, kanat, Kannout, kanof, Kencot, Khote, kiot, kn, knact, knat, kndo, knet, knitl, kno, knoc, knod, knoe, knog, knook, knop, knoq, knos, knosh, knote, knowt, knto, knu, knud, knut, Knutt, Konouta, konst, kont, Konte, Koot, kot, kota, koto, nbot, Ndoto, ndt, njt, nmt, nnot, noat, noct, noft, noht, noit, n'ont, Noot, Nopt, notu, Notw, npt, nto, wnot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "knot" (pronounced nÄ"t) |
| 3 | n Ä" t | not. |
| 2 | -Ä" t | allot, baht, blot, Bott, bought, caught, clot, cot, Dot, forgot, got, hot, jot, khat, lat, lot, Lotte, Mott, motte, plot, pot, rot, scot, shot, Shott, slot, spot, squat, swat, tot, trot, Watt, yacht. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "k-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: not, ton. | |
-2 letters: no, on, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "k-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: knots, knout, token. | |
+2 letters: beknot, inkpot, kation, ketone, knotty, knouts, nekton, stinko, tokens, toking, unknot. | |
+3 letters: beknots, betoken, bowknot, inkblot, inkpots, kations, kenotic, ketones, ketonic, keynote, kiloton, knotted, knotter, knouted, krypton, locknut, nektons, network, outrank, stenoky, stoking, tinwork, tokened, topknot, troking, unknots. | |
+4 letters: antilock, antirock, banknote, betokens, bontebok, bowknots, cytokine, downtick, goatskin, gunstock, inkblots, inkstone, instroke, karyotin, kenotron, keynoted, keynoter, keynotes, keystone, kilotons, kingbolt, kingpost, klystron, knockout, knothole, knotless, knotlike, knotters, knottier, knottily, knotting, knotweed, knouting, kotowing, kryptons, linstock, locknuts, nektonic, networks, nonstick, notebook, outdrank, outdrink, outdrunk, outflank, outranks, outthank, outthink, penstock, pinkroot, plankton, pyknotic, skeleton, slipknot, steenbok, steinbok, stinkpot, stocking, stockman, stockmen, stooking, stopbank, stotinka, stotinki, stroking, takedown, tinworks, tokening, tokenism, tokonoma, topknots, townfolk, troaking, trocking, wonkiest. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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